Jacksonville, FL – Driving around Riverside and Avondale lately, it’s hard to miss the bright pink vintage trailer. That’s kind of the point for Emilee Hester, who got a business license and began her mobile sewing business, the Pink Cowgirl, in the trailer a few weeks ago. It’s a good fit so far: She already owned the trailer and needed to be mobile enough to get her children to school while still working.

She said she checks with nearby businesses to make sure she’s not infringing on anyone, then looks for a parking space big enough for her big truck and her extremely pink trailer.

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Why the Pink Cowgirl?

“I’ve never been a cowgirl, but I am from Nashville [she has a strong Tennessee twang]. People think I might have been a cowgirl. … It’s snowballed. People call me up all the time and say I need to speak to the Pink Cowgirl. I didn’t think I was creating this whole persona.”

Image by Bruce Lipsky of The Times-Union

How did this come about?

“I was on a real isolated farm in Kentucky. I started this as a desperate attempt to escape domestic violence. I started working on this on the farm; I could pick it up and move. … I knew I could make the leap. I could move, make it on my own.”

Did you have any formal training in sewing?

“No schooling. But I’ve been sewing since I was 8. Then I saved baby-sitting money, bought a sewing machine at a pawn shop in high school. We were poor, so I could add designer things to my clothes, put on designer tags on regular clothes. Now I do all kinds of things.”

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